Something that began as an extra for smartphones has ended up becoming something basic. We refer to the notes, an application that today is accompanying every mobile, regardless of the Android brand or model in which we look. However, not all of them are the same and present key differences that could lead us to choose one smartphone or another.
So that you know how to take advantage of your next or current smartphone in your notes, we are going to show you its main advantages. Perhaps you hadn’t even realized that you already have a complete notes app on your Android smartphone and that you don’t have to go to Google Play to find another one. Although we are not going to remove your reason because sometimes these pre-installed note apps leave a lot to be desired in terms of options.
Take notes on Android phones
Unlike what happens with other services offered by Google, the notes are something to be decided by each of the brands, not as, for example, with protection and security services. In this case Xiaomi, Realme or Motorola among the rest of the manufacturers decide to use one or another app by default in the terminals. And in all of them we have at least one option to get it, although you may not find it and you do not know it either.
The notes on the Google Pixel and Android Stock
All smartphones that do not include a personalization layer, as is well known to happen with Google Pixel, Motorola smartphones or Nokia terminals, share the same option to take notes and generate reminders. This is Google Keep, one of the few alternatives that we can get for the rest of Android smartphones freely without having to have exactly a specific mobile.
The facilities offered when synchronizing it with several smartphones, tablets or even the computer from its web version make it highly recommended. It has a multitude of options and the best of all is that it is very easy to use, being able to change phones without losing them. Its use is based on blocks that we can place at will, without breaking a sweat, anchoring the most important notes to the top so that we do not forget them. It also has an interactive widget that allows us to see the notes or add one quickly.
Among your options is to change the color of the notes or styles, as if it were a post it, generate boxes to complete the purchase, for example, or take voice notes to listen to ourselves later. Do not forget the social aspect, being able to share a note with a friend or family member to, for example, make a joint shopping list, each one writing down from their smartphone.
MIUI has its own notes
In Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphones of course we have the integrated notes thanks to MIUI. Xiaomi’s customization layer has for several generations this possibility that it offers us from writing down ideas or generating mental maps and of course completing tasks through markers based on boxes. In addition, they have not stopped working on improvements for this tool that is now integrated throughout the system to allow us to use Xiaomi quick notes with a simple gesture from the top of the screen without having to open the app.
Some notes that do not lack the option to generate reminders to be alert at the exact moment. If in any case we delete something that we should not, we even have a trash where all our annotations are kept for 30 days and of course it benefits from the Xiaomi cloud so that when changing smartphones all the notes are present.
Annotations and reminders on Huawei
The Huawei firm also has to its credit within EMUI its own notepad that allows synchronization with the Huawei cloud. In this simple app we have the possibility to write down everything we need and establish a category to better organize our ideas and of course the time. We are going to run into the option of including checklists, text styles to bring the note to life, images from the camera itself or handwriting.
We can also create to-do lists, with a reminder at the exact hour and a half with more or less attention so that the reminder sounds even if we have the do not disturb mode activated. To personalize it, we can see it as a list or grids, as it is more comfortable for us. Nor do we miss a trash can to recover deleted notes that will last 30 more minutes until completely eliminated.
Advanced Notes on Samsung Galaxy
Among all the notes that we have been able to see, those of Samsung make the difference, since One UI has enhanced this option a lot in order to take advantage of the compatible S Pen. In it we will be able to draw and take notes with our own finger or with that differentiating accessory. It also allows integration with the cloud to save them all and be able to enjoy them or continue them later on the tablet or PC.
Notes that allow us to use images, graphics and then write on them to use them as if they were a digital screen. We have a variety of writing and drawing styles, colors and even design from templates to make professional notes on Android . A limited app only for Samsung that bypasses its rivals. Also with voice notes available and endless possibilities that keep adding up.
The OnePlus Notes
The smartphones of the OnePlus company do not forget to integrate their own notes and for the convenience of users, it offers this tool available to all their smartphones. It has the basic options of the notes , such as annotations, reminders or adding images, but we lose many functions that we have seen in the rest of the previous layers. Here OnePlus has taken some first steps with an app that is not available for more models no matter how much we find it on Google Play, at least until now.
My mobile has no place to take notes?
In the rest of the smartphones that we have not mentioned, we can think that there is no way to take notes, but the truth is that there is. All Android smartphones benefit from the notes available in Google Assistant, where just by using the voice we will be able to create, edit and view notes . This for example happens in OPPO and Realme, where we do not have an app for notes beyond that we use Google Keep or one of those in Google Play.
The keyword to take notes with the assistant will be “Anota” followed by what we need. To later access all those notes, we can ask you to show the notes, but we will also be able to use them as reminders with the same method and just by changing the keyword that we tell the Google assistant.
